Information about Delhi International Arts Festival 2016

About Delhi International Arts Festival

The various multi-art and multi-cultural events are the main attraction of this festival.

Overview/History

The Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF) is an annual festival organized by Prasiddha Foundation and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). This year will be the sixth edition of the festival. Around 30 countries are participating in the festival, including Hungary, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey/Iran, Czech/Poland, Greece and India.

The festival will showcase different forms of art and culture with a blend of Indian, western, traditional and contemporary forms of events and performances. Events like dance and theatre performances, drama, music, magic & puppet shows, exhibitions, cinema festivals, literature & visual arts, etc will be held across Delhi and NCR. The annual DIAF was devised by Prathibha Prahlad, a Bharatnatyam dancer, and is a multi-arts, multi-venue, Signature Festival'' which establishes India as a worldwide destination for arts and cultural tourism in India. The DIAF is based on public-private-partnership.

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Celebration

The Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF) has lots of events and performances that keep on happening all over Delhi till the time festival gets over. There is an opening gala on the commencement of the festival. Events and performances happen mostly in the evenings.

There are Music performances of various genres, vocal performances, dance shows, puppet and theatre shows, exhibitions, magic shows and a lot more happening during this festival. After all these programmes there is a grand closing gala on the last day of the festival. All these programmes happen at various locations across Delhi. Make sure you don't miss your favorite ones. To get the complete schedule for the Delhi International Arts Festival visit their official site and get the event calendar.